Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh (born 10 December 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) directed and acted in movies based on William Shakespeare’s plays: Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), Love’s Labor’s Lost (2000). He directed and starred in Dead Again (1991) with Emma Thompson, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) with Robert De Niro, and Helena Bonham Carter. He starred in Celebrity (1998) by Woody Allen, The Gingerbread Man (1998) by Robert Altman, The Theory of Flight (1998) by Paul Greengrass with Helena Bonham Carter, Valkyrie (2008) by Brian Singer with Tom Cruise, played Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn (2011) with Michelle Williams, he acted in Dunkirk (2017) and Tenet (2020) both written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Branagh directed Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) with Chris Pine, Cinderella (2015) with Lily James, the live version of Disney’s 1950 animated movie. He directed All Is True (2018) where he played William Shakespeare, he wrote and directed the autobiographical Belfast (2021). He directed Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Death on the Nile (2022) from the novels by Agatha Christie, where he played detective Hercule Poirot.
On television, he played Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Warm Springs (2005), starred in the Wallander series (2008-2015).
Read Winners Circle 2022: Nominee Profile 2022: Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast” by Gabrielle Donnelly.
Golden Globe Awards
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2022 NomineeBest Director - Motion Picture -
2022 WinnerBest Screenplay - Motion Picture -
2012 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture -
2010 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television -
2006 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television -
2002 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television